Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: Researchers tested 14 LLMs for political bias and found OpenAI’s GPT-4 was the most left-wing libertarian and Meta’s LLaMA was the most right-wing authoritarian  —  New research explains you’ll get more right- or left-wing answers, depending on which AI model you ask.  —  Should companies have social responsibilities? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikkei Asia: Source: Apple, Samsung, Nvidia, and Intel plan to invest in Arm’s US IPO as soon as shares are listed in September; SoftBank owns 75% of Arm and Vision Fund 25%  —  SoftBank chip design unit to debut on Nasdaq, market cap seen topping $60bn  —  SoftBank Group plans to list shares in its chip deign unit … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: TSMC agrees to build a €10B plant in Germany’s Dresden, owning 70% of the facility with Infineon, NXP, and Bosch each holding 10% stake, set to open in 2027  —  – Taiwanese giant will own 70% of fab in eastern city of Dresden  — Facility to supply auto, industrial sectors starting in 2027 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Casey Newton / Platformer: After countless examples of Elon Musk walking back announcements, the business media must rethink its coverage of X, Musk, and the fight with Mark Zuckerberg  —  After a weekend of whoppers about X and fighting Mark Zuckerberg, the press should take a more skeptical approach Lees verder op Tech Meme

Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: Researchers tested 14 LLMs for political bias and found OpenAI’s GPT-4 was the most left-wing libertarian and Meta’s LLaMA was the most right-wing authoritarian  —  New research explains you’ll get more right- or left-wing answers, depending on which AI model you ask.  —  Should companies have social responsibilities? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mia Sato / The Verge: TikTok unveils Gimme the Mic, a music competition hosted on livestreams where the US winner receives 50K Diamonds, the USD conversion rate for which is unclear  —  TikTok will host a music contest similar to popular talent shows like The Voice, the company announced today. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: The Philippines races to defend its share of the ~$300B global business process outsourcing market, battling deteriorating talent, rising competition, and AI  —  – Only one out of 10 outsourcing job applicants gets hired  — Growth in jobs added during pandemic fell below global trend Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Developer logs: Apple is testing M3 Max with a 16-core CPU, a 40-core GPU, and 48GB of RAM, in a new MacBook Pro that Apple is expected to launch in 2024  —  – The chip has 16 central processing cores and 40 for graphics  — Company is testing flurry of new Macs as it seeks sales boost Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post: Sources: in late 2020, the NSA discovered that Chinese hackers had access to Japanese defense networks; the problem persisted until at least fall 2021  —  Tokyo has strengthened its defenses after a major cybersecurity breach, but gaps remain that could slow information-sharing with the Pentagon Lees verder op Tech Meme

Richard Lawler / The Verge: A US judge denies Google a summary judgment in a $5B lawsuit over the company tracking users’ activities in Incognito mode, pushing the case closer to a trial  —  On Monday, a California judge denied Google’s request for summary judgment in a lawsuit filed by users alleging the company illegally invaded … Lees verder op Tech Meme